VALENTINE, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska Game and Parks announced Friday that Smith Falls State Park’s campground is temporarily closed after an ice jam on the Niobrara River broke loose Wednesday evening.

After ice jams and Missouri River flooding submerged the town in 1881, historical photos show residents moving houses on wheels pulled by horses to higher ground a mile-and-a-half away. Then ...

Niobrara was established in 1857 along the Missouri River, about a mile southeast of its confluence with the Niobrara River. In March 1881, an ice jam flooded the town with 3 to 6 feet of water.

Northeast Nebraska, including Niobrara, was one of the hardest areas hit in the 2019 floods. KETV returned to area to talk to residents about how they have rebuilt over the past five years.

Ice chunks stretch across almost a mile of Ann Marie and Billy Kepler’s ranch next to the Niobrara. Ice jams were bad before, in 1960, and Ann Marie Kepler heard that in 1966, ranchers used ice ...

V ALENTINE, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska Game and Parks announced Friday that Smith Falls State Park’s campground is temporarily ...